Could It Be Saved? 1962 Homko Snowblower From The Scrap Pile,
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- Опубликовано: 15 янв 2022
- this is the trash picked snowblower that we dragged out of the woods last week, lets see if it can be revived for next to nothing,
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Makes me sad that their is not some little 10 year old girl or boy by your side for you to teach it all to . I learned a lot on my own when I was 10 , working on one lungers . All I had was a pair of pliers a 9/16 socket and a 7/16 socket a flat blade screwdriver and a hammer . With just those tools I could completely disassemble a lawn mower and fix most of them . Thank you for bringing back some great memories . I noticed you have all 8 fingers and 2 thumbs ,, so you must be good . Thanks again for sharing .
Who else gets so excited when they see a Mustie video, over an hour like me!!! Thank you
I have worked on old engines like this a lifetime....I have NEVER seen ANYONE as lucky as this guy for things coming apart....EVER.
1962 technology,, wow .
I really truly like watching your shows,, my friend . there is character and there is content. Thanks for being one of my channels
The acme cat shredder works very well, another rescue well done
Its the junior version of the Gravely "dog eater" snow blower.
@@4sl648 There’s a certain well known blogger who swears by blended puppies. Also there’s the canine out in Arizona who has an affinity for Acme products and loves roadrunners.
That's the first thing I thought of! Neighbourhood cat flinger!
Ordered by Wiley E Mustie I presume. 8-))
@@BobPegram hahaha! Amazing the paths of thought a snowblower video can initiate. Somehow we must tie this to Kevin Bacon.
A few days ago I helped a friend "bring back to life" a 15hp chipper / shredder he was given for free. Engine full of water, starter and accelerator link seized, carb and tank full of debris. Following your videos gave me the confidence to try this, and a logical sequence of how to go about it. Result - in a few hours we had a fully working chipper (although we still need to chase down the kill switch wiring). Love your videos, and learning from them - keep up the great work!
Congrats Brian There is nothing like the power of achievement to spur you on to try again with another piece of equipment. Not every one is savable as Mustie would say " Pick your Battles" Fixing discarded stuff is so rewarding.
Yeppir. Mustie and the guy on his coffee cup/yellow gas receptacle are my go to guys. Kinda like having a church buddy and a bar buddy 😂
Great job
Just takes alittle look see and so determination to fix stuff that others would just toss. Please please don't think your ready to start up your own utube channel. SO many have tried and even have gotten followers but they are a DAMN joke!
Guys that repeat what they Think is wrong but all the while it was that. Just learn from watching This guy. And good luck
That was a worthy revival! Breaks every OSHA rule that exists .. it NEEDS to be saved and used!
Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦
That places it between 1953 and 1963, the thread also thinks that Western Tool got bought by AMF and then they started making these for Sears.
"Don't put your hands here, here, or here while operating the machine. Wear only OSHA approved glasses and gloves when operating the machine..."
Literally when he had it running and the wheels turning the OSHA thing was my first thought, would not fly today at all.🤣
OUTLAWED in CA......UGGG...Fn State!!!!!!!
In 2022 must be Battery powered.....OMG Really?
@@Mikefngarage May give you cancer in CA too.
When I was a kid, every time we had our first big snow storm of the Winter, we'd always hear a story about "the guy down the street" who either had a heart attack from shoveling or lost his fingers in his snowblower. Every year. That poor old "guy down the street" had the worst luck.
There was a teacher when I was in HS in the early 70s that was a substitute teacher. He was always there though. He was my sub before winter break and right after. After winter break he had his hand bandaged up. Lost a finger.
Ultimately became the mayor of my small city in Massachusetts. When that was done, ended up with a gig in the Mass. State College system. One of those no one knew there was an opening available but him.
@@dlewis9760 That happens a lot in Massachusetts one of those mystery jobs with great pay benefits and early retirement .
Lol, Hopefully not the same guy all the time. But you never know...
Yep, no doubt. But it did actually happen to a friend of my dad's. He was running the snowblower and it picked up a stick and jammed the auger. He (like a dummy) left it running but supposedly "out of gear" and went around to the front to pull the jammed stick out. The auger started going and grabbed his sleeve and pulled his arm in, almost to the shoulder. Flayed his forearm wide open.
He had major surgery and they managed to save his arm, but I saw the scars myself, which we quite significant and highly visible for the rest of his life. I remember him telling us how the doctors in the ER had to pull the torn-up strips of cloth from his jacket and shirt out from in between his muscles and bone.
Taught me to respect gas-powered machinery for sure.
I'm just glad I didn't live down the street from you!
YT's algorithm fed me a bunch of videos on similar snowblowers after the first installment. Most of them are in museums, so it was cool seeing one run and throw snow. Few guards, no dead man switch on the drive, no warning labels telling you to keep your hands out of the chute... it's not for the careless user.
With those "wheels" you can blow the snow and aerate your lawn at the same time! :) Great work getting that old beast going.
Multi season machine! Probably shreds leaves well too! 😆
😂😂
@@volvo09 And cuts down unruly brush, weeds, pedestrians...
It's a 2 speed device: "Take your toes off" and "Take your legs off"
that is the coolest snowblower ever! the wheels will never go flat, and never need chains.
What a wonderful restoration! Good to see that old gal working; she's quite a lovely beast.
GOVERNOR FIX. Hi Mustie, I enjoy watching your videos and this was a good one for me because I recently restored a water pump with the same motor on. I come from a time when these were new. It seems they always need the choke on to start, even when warm. The governor vane on your motor is bent the wrong way. More air flow needs to tend to pull the throttle down (off) not throttle up. Just bend the top of the vane towards the carb and the air passing by will throttle down to find an equilibrium between the air pressure and spring pressure. You we have to do some trial & error to get this to happen in the RPM range you want. Good Luck!
"The governor vane on your motor is bent the wrong way."
48:00 explanation
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That still does not seem right. Should not the arm be hanging into the fan and then start pulling towards idle? The entire setup seems wrong.
@@0MoTheG no its point the right way but bent to far forward. If pointed down it would hit the fan. Those motors were what I cut my teeth on as a kid. Were had the 3.5 and 5 horse on push mowers and constantly tearing them down. Not because they needed it but because there weren't many girls in the small town I grew up in.
Nice job, Mustie1. Glad to see that you were able to work your magic once again and bring a piece of old equipment back to life. Thanks for bringing us along. You're an inspiration for all.
Amazing restoration Mustie, I would love to see that blower completely restored to its glory 😊
That blower running and working by itself was a Hysterical ending🤣 even he couldn't stop laughing!
Pretty impressive! Always love to see old things brought back to life, well done sir!
When you go to use it in a decent snowfall, be sure to keep the engine cover on it, otherwise blowback will accumulate on top of the engine and short the spark plug out. (Voice of experience with that snowblower here)
Wow, someone else has seen one of these!
The bonnet as that seasoned New Englander called it. :)
Best line of the vid…”feel like I made 30 margaritas”…love it!
That carb brought back a lot of memories. When I was a kid I screwed around with my grandpa's old lawnmower with an engine like that.
I love the brutal simplicity of those old machines.
That's a wonderfully dangerous contraption. No home is complete without one of those extremity removers :D
Snap ring took a ride. Snap ring sort of walked away.🤣🤣😂😂 Mustie1 I love your videos. I work on small engines all the time, I really get a kick on all the commentary you come up with. There's a joke somewhere there is another one of you're all time greats. I learn something most of the time so that's always a plus. Keep the videos coming, I very much enjoy them!!
Ha ha ha... that Mustie laugh when its running......Priceless 😁😁 Happy wrenching Mustie 👍
Another great save by the Master. Good morning Mustie, really look forward to Sunday mornings. Your one of my favorite U-tuber's. Be good and have a great day. 👍
Afternoon mate
You are the king of bringing em back alive! Awesome fix sir !
Nice job mustie! That is a man’s snowblower! Driveway newspapers don’t stand a chance!! 👍🏻
I got a real kick out of that one. It is amazing to see things not rusted by the new gas. Thanks for taking the time
to fix it.
My Sunday doesn’t begin until Mustie posts his latest video!
Best way to unwind from a 8 hour sunday shift laying pipes at the refinery👍
I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one who makes light saber sounds with my extra long screw drivers. Well done.
70 yrs old & you got it running. Amazing
That would be ideal for one of those backyard model railroaders that you can ride on. Some train wheels and coupler and it would be just like the rotary plows they use on the mountain passes.
I was thinking the same thing!
I have a friend with one, might be an idea to give him!
@@Blackwater66 in honor of R Lee Ermey he could put a watermelon on the tracks to be cleared by the Rotary!
I thought the exact same thing with the train engine plows. Especially with the design on this one he’s using here, like thats what they designed the first snowblowers from. The new ones now are like original manual lawn mowers by design. This one IS like train plows. I found that interesting. :-)
You're probably the only person on the planet who can take 60 year old piece of dangerous yard equipment and turn it into a snowblowing Roomba. Very nice.
Awesome ! Josh loves it 👍
Mustie, my Grandfather bought the same machine from Sears, around 61 or 62, and I remember it well.
The broken muffler, and close proximity to the carb, probably helped warp that carb plate cover, due to heat......good machine, and steel traction wheels didn't slip, or need chains....man, could that thing throw snow...!!!!
Thankfully in Texas where I live, we don't have to worry about Snow Blowers; but, it sure was enjoyable watching you bring this old machine back to life. Mustie you are a Legend.
I am so glad to see older stuff brought back to life you do such a great job on things
Never doubted you Mr. Wizard.
This brought me great joy to see a classic machine brought back from the dead. That thing is good for another 50 years. Nice job man!
There is a huge difference in technology from 1960 to present. Who would have thought the first generation snowblower would be so dangerous. No clutches, no reverse, no speed control, but!!!!!!!! They were smart enough to put the very reliable Briggs and Stratton engine on it. I enjoyed both parts.
@@garymallard4699 I was trained to run a Case tractor with IH sickle bar mower in the early 1970s. I was like 11 or 12. After adequte training I was told " be careful this will kill you." Off I went. Of course I was monitored by Grandpa like a hawk, howwver i was learning to live in the real world.
you were expected to not be a dum bass around power equipment. these guys survived WW2, they werent afraid
That engine was a wonder of the age, but it was not as long lived as the cast iron engines it replaced or the modern Chinese engines derived from Honda GX engines.
But it was cheap and good enough.
That's the part to admire because no working class person would spend as much as a month's wage for a snowblower without Briggs and Stratton, Clinton and Tecumseh the pennies to make light aluminum cool bore engines at such lower prices.
Looks like a handful to run imo
@@garymallard4699 buddy im 28 and i hate this culture of having to baby everyone. I love the fact the older equipment doesnt have to have warnings about not being a dumbnut when using the equipment. On top of that they seem to be far more reliable then current bs we have now days. I honestly think i was born in the wrong generation.
I have been following this channels for a while now and I am convinced Mustie can fix anything mechanical!
never seen before the "air governor"... thank you so much for bringing in the 2k era such beautiful vintage technology!
Ya never cease to amaze me Mustie - - the whole deal was cool as hell - - and I laughed right along with you as it made it's amazing way across your lawn, Wow!
I had no idea it would blow snow that well! I’m surprised 😮!
Same. I thought it would just dribble out the top.
It's one of those 1960's machines "for real men" and can plow through anything you are likely to encounter: drifts of snow, cats, dogs, your neighbors living fence that drops those annoying leaves on your driveway...
That front view!! It looks more like a cat liquidizer than a snow blower. Terrifying. 1962 Health and Safety at it's best! 🧡
The new and improved Homko Cat Chomper! Now on sale at your local hardware store! 🙀🙀
Glad you didn't have a walnut tree in your back yard.. lol Thanks for the video. Take care..
ANOTHER WIN for team MUSTIE!!.. awesome.. just awesome!!.. CHEERS!!
What an awesome little machine, considering it's age I thought it did a pretty good job just round your garden.. Well done on saving a bit more history, love this chanel!
Outstanding-an early autonomous snow blower-I like it!
The mafia must have had a whole fleet of these. Great video Mustie!
Great job on that vintage snow blower!
Wow, that unit must give safety “Big Brother” a conniption fit!
Not to mention what it did to poor old Safety Sallys heart! She is having a seizure watching this beast roar back to life!!
I've got this carb setup on a 1975 tiller with a 3.5 HP Briggs. I'll keep this for reference!
Looks more like a 2-2,5 hp
It's amazing that someone sat down at a table and design that carburetor and gas tank set up piece by piece and it worked.
@@RpmAuto And designed it WITHOUT using a computer. I remember working in my dad's small engine repair shop in the early to mid 1960s and seeing many snow blowers and tillers come in for repair with those Briggs engines with that carburetor. Briggs are SO EASY to identify: housing with non-detachable recoil starter and with that very different carburetor.
@@markpeterson5479 I used to work in a small engine shop myself many many years ago and race go karts with Briggs engines. We hated Tecumseh engines.
You've made my day Mustie ! I was lauhfing along with you,when you had that old snow-blower going on its own,you where like a kid having fun with a toy,and I did to.
Beside a good builder and small engine mechanic,you are a genuine person,and that my friend🤪 is a big quality.Bravo mon ami.
I HOPE THAT YOU OR WHOEVER GETS THE SNOWBLOWER SANDBLAST THE WHOLE THING AND MAKES IT LOOK BRAND NEW AGAIN.
The housing, the wheels, I mean everything.
It's such a classic old machine it deserves to be fixed In restored to its original look.
Excellent job man!!
Great job once again Mustie, I’m really curious to see this old boy blow some heavier snow. The engine doesn’t smoke or knock either. Great resurrection!
When you tipped it up to access the engagement lever….There is the gearbox oil level screw, center , right under the sprocket/shaft.
Lot of people don't know about this....But watching you having fun with your Roll Pin and punches. They actually make special Roll Pin punches which are balled on the ends which pushes the center of the Roll Pins out and act as a guide to keeping the punches In place. I was amazed by how much easier it made removing them and they actually fit through the holes being they were made for this application! Check them out, their cheap and worth it! Never knew they existed until I was so sick and tired of bending Roll Pins or mushrooming the ends over, then finding out a regular punch doesn't fit in the holes within having to be cut down! Just FYI to anyone who does a few now and then 😉
Take care of your physical health and your emotional health too! Take time to do things that you enjoy. I don’t want to lose you because you get burnt out. You are so appreciated!
Part 1 of this find was the first video I had ever seen of your channel. So glad I hit Subscribe! Keep up the awesome content and thanks for putting in the time and effort for such kick-ass videos!!
Welcome to the world of Mustie
Kind of impressed how well it works compared to some of the newer designs.
Normally the older the design of engines/motors and the frame work are a lot better and last a hell of lot longer than our newer crap,just saying and like you and most others don't already know that,right,One.. 😉
@@startazz
I like the way the snow catch part is a giant rotor. I'm pretty sure I've seen that same design used on large industrial snow machines. Like the kind on the front of trains when they're clearing tracks for the mountains. I'm almost positive they use that rotary vein style rather than the flap style you see on most new snow blowers
@@kens97sto171 Could do but as i'm English and live in the UK about 100 miles south east of London i wouldn't really know my friend,we don't get no where near the amount of snow as some of the states do in good old US of A,to be honest i can't remember the last time we had a big enough snow fall that shut the city down or other parts of the UK,so i'm not up to what different snowblower designs that are out there,but i'm sure you are right though mate.
Much love and respect to you and yours from me and the rest of the UK as i'm sure they wouldn't mind me adding them too,One. 😁😉 👍🏾
Lol ! Safety ? We don't need no safety ! That was awesome watching the damn thing move right along !
For a self propelled snow blower after 50 years that is fantastic,nice job Mustie..
very cool both the coolest and most dangerous snow blower i ever saw . great job bringing this monster back to life buddy .
What a refresher course on these engines from my go-kart days... All so nicely worded. Great job on the revival. There was a farm salvage yard I would visit. What an assortment of lawnmower engines, axles, transmissions etc waiting to be brought home for upcoming projects. That's back when a dollar would buy many things.
No way it’s 2jeffs1!!! I remember watching your video 8 years ago about that 100+ horsepower custom kart you did! Do you still have it???
@@davesendit1348 Hi Dave. Yes still have it. Will never be sold. Did some upgrades recently. Have video's. Gf was driving. Flew out of a toy hauler, bent up pretty good. Totaled. All good again.
@@2jeffs1 wow I have some catching up to do. I’m a long time watcher that has been slacking. I’ll be sure to catch up and watch all the vids I missed. I best put notifications on. Thanks 👍🏼
Sweet machine Mustie! Looks like a battlebot and a leaf blower had a baby.
THATS FREAKIN AWESOME DUDE !!! JUST PROVES THE OLD STUFF WAS BUILT TO LAST !
If you get more snow I would love to see another video of this really working
At 16:16, since the fuel pick up screens are gone, you can just take some fine mesh and wrap it around the end of the tube and fasten it around the neck of the tube [like tying a trash bag] with some wire. Those meshes ARE the fuel filter(s) and if both pickup tubes have the mesh intact, the fuel is filtered twice before combustion. Pretty nifty in and of itself.
Hjerte Verke, great idea!
I worked in a small engine shop in the 90's. Pulse jet carbs were on about everything Briggs made. In later series carbs the pick up tubes were plastic and you could order them new if the screens were bad. They just thread in. But, Yeah, they definitely need the screens. It's a good set up, a good carb. The cheap little plastic, non adjustable, float bowl pieces of crap they use nowadays do not compare.
It definitely moves the snow That is one dangerous looking beast!!
I like your old-school persistence with a broad base of skills. Thanks!
Wow, you have resurrected it. It will be fun to see how it handles deep snow. Given that the engine is pretty small by modern standards, and it has a muffler that really muffles sound (compared to what used to come with Tecumseh snowblower engines), I'll bet it will be pretty quiet, for a snowblower.
I have a 1988 craftsman 4 horse 20 inch wide 2 stager. It has a tecumseh. I have been out in many heavy high snows with it, snow higher than the chute, and it wont bog down. Its not the hp, its how you use it. lol.. the 4 and 5 hp products were always good enuf, back in the day
@@pootthatbak2578 Sure were. I run single stage Tecumseh engines and they are great. They start easy, have good power and do well enough in the storms we have here.
I been cleaning a couple carbs off a 650 Kawasaki and had all my parts separated for each carb . Have them in a Tupperware bowl trying to be careful to not lose anything. Turn around with it in my hand and run into the handlebar and lost the hole thing in the floor ! Thankfully I found everything after a hour ! Great videos on this channel ! Enjoyed them all !
been there done that
I dropped a carburetor needle in the bottom of a snow thrower, had to physically turn the dumb thing upside down and bang on it to get the needle to fall out( in the snow). I got REALLY lucky.
Isn't that the normal process? I unfix everything that way.
My magnetic sweeper is invaluable when that happens.
@@Robb403 except for brass bronze aluminum or rubber parts.
Hi mustie1, anybody can say whatever they want about this snowblower but the quality of the parts that were used and everything else for as long as it was sleeping it really didn't take much to bring it back just a little cleaning and some good old American know-how. Thank you so much for sharing mustie1 you're the man!
Looks more like a snow scooper thrower ! Then a snow blower haha !
I believe those stems on the carb are friction fit, and can be gently worked out with a soft jaw pliers. I rebuilt a 70’s Jacobsen with a similar motor/carb.
Dr. Mustie just did an engine swab, and it appears the patient was negative!!! Now you will have to test every patient that comes in for a service!!! Rock on doc, and stay safe buddy!! Thanks for sharing!!!
You, got her going!The engine, looks like,what my older brother, used on many mini bikes ,in the sixties! Very cool, Darell!😀👍
Fun story, i actually found your channel whilst searching for a help video on one of these old briggs engines with that carb setup a few years back now. it was on my dads rotavator that he'd got 2nd/3rd/4th etc hand and it wouldnt run, found the video elsewhere as you hadnt done one yet, and managed to get it running again, unfortunatley he never got to use it again as we lost him a few months later. The rotavator still runs and my sister has just took it to use on her allotment so its staying in the family. But anyways, your channel is the one i came back to and helped me through a tough time, so to see this engine finally on your channel has a bit of special meaning to me. thanks so much for the content, keep it up 👍🏻
Very cool! When you do get a respectable snowfall, she'll throw better with the chute aiming across the "Starboard side.
Today's menu: Cooking carburetors with Mustie1 ! 🧑🍳
Nice job . Great to see old machines come back to life .
The Resurrection! YOU ARE AMAZING!!! Love your videos.
I’m busy for the next hour and twenty minutes. LazyBoy-check, Coffee-check.
I started using Trufuel in all my two stroke engines. It costs more but I’ve had no carb issues. Now, need to convert over to 100% gas on four stroke engines. Ethanol bad.
Great for carb kit and fuel hose manufacturers.. and whoever cooks the ethanol.. over here they make it from cinnamon buns past sale by date, exhaust smells really good but thats the only pro
This is awesome! I did the same thing with a snow blower...and it's got 18 seasons on it now! It was also destined for scrap!! Safety of ZERO on these old machines!!! Too cool...
This right here is why so many people's grandfathers and great grandfathers are missing fingers and toes.....
It is gratifying to hear a little, old engine run with such sweet precision. Today's machinery falls apart under its own complexity. The tech of yesteryear was robust and almost alive.
Whooo I’ve been waiting for this video
That's a good one. Cat shredder! Who was thinking of safety back in 50s or 60s right?
Wow! That’s a “safety” special!
Another one back to life. Mustie, if you’d like to bring a Honda ATV back to life I have one in Nashua!😉
That was fun! - And now you have a display item for the vintage garden machinery shows!
I guess this shows just how far these machines have developed over the years. I've always had nightmares about about snowblowers, and garden waste shredders, and this machine just highlights the reason why!
That engine sounds pretty fit too, and if I recall, we have the tiny little 2hp version on a machine here - They just seem to live forever.
Goooooooood morning everybody ! Time to grab a cup of coffee and enjoy the next hour and twenty minutes with Mustie1
The Environmentalist bring another machine back to life. This is excellent use of resources on hand and prevention of potentially useful items filling landfills. Bravo.
Mustie lad, I love this kind of rescue, I just hope someone will rescue me when I am about to snuff it! Best regards from Ireland. 😊
I've had those briggs carb pump plates warp on me too, very common it seems, and sanded them down enough to make flat again.
I wonder how good it would be with leaves.
Amazing to learn how early snow blowers got started. Imagine pulling that baby out while all your neighbors were shoveling. You were da man! They have come such a long way in terms of function and safety, but fallen so far in terms of durability and construction. On the plus side, 50 years from now it will be so much easier to lap that carburetor part flat because it will be plastic! Ha ha ha…
You will just get your indoor workshop printer to print a high def one out in whatever metal alloy you choose - probably take longer to bolt it together than to print it...
Awesome that is so different to see thank you very much
You are 'the maestro' of mechanics.